ABSTRACT

Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery remains one of the world's pre-eminent medical textbooks, beloved by generations of surgeons, with lifetime sales in excess of one million copies.Now in its 25th edition, the content has been thoroughly revised and updated while retaining its traditional strengths. Under the stewardship of the eminent e

part |2 pages

PART 1: Principles

chapter 1|10 pages

The metabolic response to injury

chapter 2|11 pages

Shock and blood transfusion

chapter 4|17 pages

Surgical infection

chapter 9|6 pages

Surgical ethics

part |2 pages

PART 2: Investigation and diagnosis

chapter 10|24 pages

Diagnostic imaging

chapter 11|16 pages

Gastrointestinal endoscopy

chapter 12|14 pages

Tissue diagnosis

part |2 pages

PART 3: Perioperative care

part |2 pages

PART 4: Trauma

chapter 21|14 pages

Introduction to trauma

chapter 23|10 pages

Head injury

chapter 24|17 pages

Neck and spine

chapter 25|12 pages

Trauma to the face and mouth

chapter 26|15 pages

Chest and abdomen

chapter 27|25 pages

Extremity trauma

chapter 28|16 pages

Burns

chapter 30|17 pages

Disaster surgery

part |2 pages

PART 5: Elective orthopaedics

chapter 31|26 pages

Clinical examination

chapter 33|18 pages

The spine

chapter 35|13 pages

Hip and knee

chapter 36|12 pages

Foot and ankle

chapter 38|28 pages

Paediatric orthopaedics

part |2 pages

PART 6: Skin and subcutaneous tissue

chapter 39|28 pages

Skin and subcutaneous tissue

part |2 pages

PART 7: Head and neck

chapter 40|22 pages

Elective neurosurgery

chapter 41|12 pages

The eye and orbit

chapter 43|10 pages

The nose and sinuses

chapter 44|16 pages

The ear

chapter 45|32 pages

Pharynx, larynx and neck

chapter 46|18 pages

Oropharyngeal cancer

chapter 47|17 pages

Disorders of the salivary glands

part |2 pages

PART 8: Breast and endocrine

chapter 48|36 pages

The thyroid and parathyroid glands

chapter 49|20 pages

Adrenal glands and other endocrine disorders

chapter 50|22 pages

The breast

part |2 pages

PART 9: Cardiothoracic

chapter 51|25 pages

Cardiac surgery

chapter 52|21 pages

The thorax

part |2 pages

PART 10: Vascular

chapter 53|26 pages

Arterial disorders

chapter 54|19 pages

Venous disorders

chapter 55|15 pages

Lymphatic disorders

part |2 pages

PART 11: Abdominal

chapter 56|7 pages

History and examination of the abdomen

chapter 59|36 pages

The oesophagus

chapter 60|35 pages

Stomach and duodenum

chapter 61|21 pages

The liver

chapter 62|10 pages

The spleen

chapter 63|19 pages

The gall bladder and bile ducts

chapter 64|24 pages

The pancreas

chapter 65|34 pages

The small and large intestines

chapter 66|16 pages

Intestinal obstruction

chapter 67|15 pages

The vermiform appendix

chapter 68|21 pages

The rectum

chapter 69|31 pages

The anus and anal canal

part |2 pages

PART 12: Genitourinary

chapter 70|12 pages

Urinary symptoms and investigations

chapter 71|28 pages

The kidneys and ureters

chapter 72|30 pages

The urinary bladder

chapter 73|19 pages

The prostate and seminal vesicles

chapter 74|15 pages

Urethra and penis

chapter 75|14 pages

Testis and scrotum

chapter 76|14 pages

Gynaecology

part |2 pages

PART 13: Transplantation

chapter 77|24 pages

Transplantation